How can you capture a Queen Ant for an ant farm?
Hi this is a very good link for you http://ants.pbwiki.com/ Here is the information you need below Where can I get queen ants? a. You can dig her nest up and find her. This is a tedious and difficult method and may not always be successful. The queen is very difficult to get. –Ant I have done this numerous times. For Formicas (larger small mound building species) I use: Spade shovel 2 five gallon buckets 2 covers for buckets Metal spoon. Newspaper (a section will do) Jars/bucket with 1-2″ inside near rim treated with oil The process I use is to locate less developed nests (smaller). Then I carry shovel, buckets, and covers to site of nest during mid to late day (when sun has warmed upper soil). Next, I cut a circle around colony usually about size of bucket or smaller if possible. Think of this like cutting a 6″ deep hole of sod; but don’t pull up the section until you have made your circular cut. When your ready lift the whole sect
